Ethical Issues in Healthcare

Ethics in healthcare 1
ETHICAL ISSUES IN HEALTHCARE
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Ethics in healthcare 2
Q1 Healthcare services are typically accompanied by some ethical principles and the related
ethical dilemmas. In the case of Milibak as many moral principles involved. Veracity is a
principle dealing with truthfulness and non deceptive. The management was not ready to tell the
family the real cause of Milibak's death which raises the ethical question. Though it is good to
reveal the truth the close family members, it is not possible to know their reactions and the
consequence this may have to all the parties involved (Parahoo, 2014). Milibak was not handled
in a just manner. It was not justice for him to stay without any medication for days. This issue
brings about the question of ethical responsibilities of the healthcare workers in the institution. It
is unethical for the management to cover up the moral mistakes by the workers because it is not
clear if they can address the other issues affecting the delivery of the healthcare services
( Morton, Fontaine, Hudak, and Gallo, 2017)
Q4. Different ethical theories would have been used in Milbank's case. The first theory is casuist.
It considers several parties that can predict the future and offer a solution. It makes assumptions
about the past as either good or bad. The premise is based on the outcome. The theory also
assumes that the end result in every case follows the foreseen pattern. It fails to independently
reflect on all the variables. The approach compares related situations and their outcomes as it
seeks to resolve any ethical problem. The nurse could have consulted the other health workers
for a possible first aid before the arrival of the ambulance. Based on the experience of the nurse
in medical professional he should have considered what was done in the past such cases in order
to make an informed decision. ( Masters, 2015)
Virtue is a theory that allows margin of an error in the process of coming up with a solution. The
approach does not carefully analyze the possible final results before embarking on a particular
task. Though the theory is very essential in coming up with the solution for urgent matters, it